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B.C. unveils guidelines for fall return to campus
VICTORIA - Students, faculty and staff at B.C.'s colleges and universities - including Thompson Rivers University (TRU) - are supported to come back together for in-person learning this fall.The Retur...
Jul 05, 2021
Blue Jays submit proposal to federal government for Rogers Centre return
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have submitted a proposal to the federal government to return to Rogers Centre this season. A spokesperson for the team said Monday that the Blue Jays asked for federal...
Jul 05, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, July 5, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 12:45 p.m. New Brunswick is reporting one new case of COVID-19 today. Health officials say it involves a person in their 20s in ...
Jul 05, 2021
Nanaimo man killed in early-morning ATV rollover crash
NANAIMO - An ATV accident has killed a local man south of Nanaimo.Emergency crews were called to a gravel road off Nanaimo River Rd., near Gogo's Christmas Tree farm on South Forks Rd. in the morning ...
Jul 05, 2021
Canada's Shapovalov advances to Wimbledon quarterfinals with win over Bautista Agut
LONDON - Canada's Denis Shapovalov advanced to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon with a 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 win over Roberto Bautista Agut on Monday. Shapovalov, ranked 10th at the grass-court Grand Slam, fire...
Jul 05, 2021
Search back on after rest of South Florida condo demolished
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Three victims have been found dead in the rubble of a collapsed condominium as crews resumed their search following the demolition of the remaining part of the building. The vict...
Jul 05, 2021
Out-of-province fire crews, armed forces, heading to B.C. to help with wildfires
Firefighting teams from Ontario and New Brunswick are arriving in British Columbia to assist with devastating wildfires. The BC Wildfire Service says the nearly 100 out-of-province members must pass C...
Jul 05, 2021
Significant expansion made to City of Nanaimo's SARC building
NANAIMO - Crews are concluding $660,000 worth of upgrades to the City's downtown Service and Resource Centre, home to roughly 200 civil servants. The City's director of finance Laura Mercer said it be...
Jul 05, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Suddenly, there’s new urgency to a secondary exit from Juniper
KAMLOOPS - THERE'S NOTHING LIKE a scary-as-hell wildfire to renew a decades-long debate about how to get away in emergency situations.The fire between Juniper and Valleyview last week resulted in a su...
Jul 05, 2021
Vatican: Pope alert and well a day after intestinal surgery
ROME (AP) - The Vatican says Pope Francis is "in good condition, alert and breathing on his own," a day after he underwent a three-hour operation, which involved removing half his colon. Vatican spoke...
Jul 05, 2021
